Adr. I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me. Duke. One of these men is Genius to the other; And so of these. Which is the natural man, And which the spirit? Who deciphers them? Dro. S. I, sir, am Dromio; command him away. Dro. E. I, sir, am Dromio; pray, let me stay. Ant. S. Ægeon, art thou not, or else his ghost? Dro. S. O, my old master! who hath bound him here? Abb. Whoever bound him, I will loose his bonds, And gain a husband by his liberty. Speak, old Ægeon, if thou be'st the man That bore thee at a burden two fair sons. Egeon. If I dream not, thou art Æmilia. Abb. By men of Epidamnum, he, and I, I, to this fortune that you see me in. Duke. Why, here begins his morning story right: 1 The morning story is what Ægeon tells the Duke in the first scene of this play. |